vergoh/vnstat
vnStat - a network traffic monitor for Linux and BSD observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
66/100
- Activity 96
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 4573
- days_rel: 571
- days_push: 26
- n_releases_24m: 1
Adoption not part of the score
1767 stars · 139 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
vnStat is a console-based network traffic monitor for Linux and BSD that tracks bandwidth usage using kernel interface statistics rather than sniffing packets, keeping resource usage minimal. It stores traffic history at five-minute, hourly, daily, and yearly granularity with configurable retention, and can optionally render usage graphs as images.
Use cases
- monitor bandwidth usage on a linux server
- track monthly network traffic per interface
- see how much data my vpn or router interface used
- log network traffic history without packet sniffing
- view daily and hourly bandwidth statistics from the terminal
- monitor traffic on a low-resource embedded or bsd system
When to choose
- you need lightweight, long-term bandwidth accounting without capturing packets
- you want historical traffic reports (hourly/daily/monthly/yearly) from the command line
- you run Linux or BSD servers, routers, or embedded devices and need low-overhead monitoring
When to avoid
- you need real-time per-connection or per-application traffic analysis (use tools like ntopng or Wireshark)
- you need packet-level inspection or protocol breakdowns
- you require a GUI dashboard out of the box
Facets
cli-tool · maturity stable
monitoring analytics cli networking monitoring bsd cli self-hosted network-traffic-monitor bandwidth-usage kernel-statistics c command-line devops linux docker
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/vergoh/vnstat · fetched 2026-08-28 · a15db1ddbd14
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| vergoh/vnstat | main | 66 |
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